Africa’s technology ecosystem is entering a decisive phase of consolidation in 2026, with mergers and acquisitions (M&A) ...

Amidst the continental investment slump of late 2023 and early 2024, the The Africa Report’s 20 Future Champions of African Tech for 2023 have been navigating how to grow or achieve profitability.

In Kenya alone, startups borrowed $498 million (Sh64.4 billion), up from $382 (Sh49.31 billion) million in 2024 and $385 ...

For over a decade, AfriLabs has been at the forefront of cultivating a vibrant tech ecosystem across the African continent. Through the strength of community networks, this organization has become a ...

LAGOS — The ongoing struggle by some African startups to sustain operations in the wake of tighter fundraising portends a wave of shutdowns that will accelerate over the coming year, investors, ...

African Tech has recorded its largest M&A with a 72 percent jump in 2025 as startups pivot to consolidation. This marked a ...

African tech startups raised US$4.1 billion in 2025, up 25% from a year earlier, marking the strongest funding year since ...

There’s excitement bubbling in Kigali, Rwanda, ahead of the Global AI Summit on Africa, which opens today, promising economic opportunities and innovation. Not least because of last week’s ...

When my plane landed in Lagos, Nigeria, in 2005, the man next to me leaned over to say: “Now this is a boom town.” I was tired after an overnight flight. Outside, the airport looked modest. I smiled ...

The success of Africa’s energy transition is not just being built in high-level meetings like COP29 and governmental meetings but by startups at the cutting edge of energy efficiency and agricultural ...